June Jones' Monday post-practice comments

[PonyPride]

• "TCU's defense (against Clemson) didn't surprise me a bit. They're one of the best in the country, if not the best. They do a great job with their scheme — they've been at it for 10 years — and they don't change much. They just get better at what they do.

They have done a great job recruiting athletes that fit their system. Some of those defensive linemen were undersized when they recruited them, but they've grown into — lifting, working out — being what they need.

We're aware of (TCU DE Jerry Hughes). Offensively, we're kind of what they are defensively. We do what we do. Eventually we're going to have all the pieces in place, just like they do. They don't change. They just let their kids go play."

• (On benefit of having a bye week) "Well, hopefully we got healthy. Youri (Yenga) is back running, Al (Aldrick Robinson) is still limping a little bit, but he feels better, he says, so hopefully we've got a chance to get healthy."

• (On SMU/TCU rivalry) "I've heard about it, but I don't feel it like some of the kids that have been here yet. But going over there, you will feel it. I kind of like the story of the band with the grass seed. I thought that was pretty good."

• (On Bo Levi Mitchell) "He's lost 21 pounds — he had that viral thing — but he was finally eating last Thursday for the first time in about two weeks. He was struggling through, but didn't miss anything. But he was able to hold food down last Thursday, so we'll give him a couple of weeks to gain it back.

(On physical and performance struggles) That's ... playing the position of quarterback, you've got to deal with all that. Doesn't matter if it's mental or physical — both — that's part of the job description. Everybody's got to do it if you want to play quarterback in D-I or quarterback in the NFL. You've got to fight through all that stuff."

• (On TCU QB Andy Dalton) "They've kind of done a couple of different things, this different than what they did last year, and we've got to prepare for all of it. You don't know what they're going to gameplan against us. But he's a solid 'what they're looking for' kind of guy. He hasn't made many mistakes. They'd like to get the ball downfield vertically — I know that — under the guise of some of the things that they do with their scheme. But they take their shots."